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One More Time
by Carol Burnett

Published: 1988-12-12
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Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett ...
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Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in a public sanatorium.

Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood's tracks.


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What did you think about Mama, pregnant with Carol’s sister Chrissy by a married man (Tony), having the baby and keeping it? Especially during that time when it wasn’t as common as it is today.
Did you watch the Carol Burnett Show growing up? What was your favorite skit? Can you relate to them more now knowing her story?
Did you like the handwritten letters from Lou, Jody, Carol and DeNeut included in the memoir?
by JeanieC (see profile) 03/17/14

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  "One More Time"by Jeanie S. (see profile) 03/17/14

While the writing is not as polished or insightful as some ghostwritten bios out there, it is written in the honest and unvarnished voice of a kid from Texas who grows up to be a comedy star despite both... (read more)

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